I know this video is supposed to be funny, but then I watched it and didn’t laugh. And I could just forget about it, but I teach public speaking, and it’s an instructional video about public speaking with high production value: I think I’m contractually bound to show this in class so my students say “he’s such a good teacher he shows videos in class one time we watched this one about freedom of speech and it had a panda in it Jim and Pam Reese Witherspoon Ke$ha” (I am old).

The real problem here is that I already do enough things in class that are meant to be funny but aren’t*. And by “class” I mean “life.” So, am I missing something? Is this funny? Would you show this in class?

Addendum for potential future employers: I am downplaying my ability to engage my classes. My students think I am incredible and I once showed a video that inspired everyone in the room to donate $10,000 to whatever cause you support.

 

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